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Design Thinking in Higher Education

Interdisciplinary Encounters

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Gavin Melles

    1. Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia

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  • Highlights the challenges of design thinking in higher education
  • Includes case studies from Australia, the UK and USA
  • Appeals to scholars, practitioners and students in many fields currently exploring the value and challenges of design thinking

Part of the book series: Design Science and Innovation (DSI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-V
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  2. Introduction: Design Thinking—Tensions and Opportunities

    • Gavin Melles
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Road to Becoming a Design Thinking Business Professional: Expected Bumps Along the Way

    • Rachel Dzombak, Sara Beckman
    Pages 17-39

  4. Developing a Design Thinking Mindset: Encouraging Designerly Ways in Postgraduate Business Education

    • Lars Groeger, Jochen Schweitzer
    Pages 41-72

  5. Designing Social Innovation Through Social Enterprise

    • Gavin Melles, Sarah Drummond
    Pages 73-89

  6. Design and Systems Thinking for Healthcare Practitioners

    • Donald Campbell, Keith Stockman, David Burns
    Pages 91-125

  7. Design Thinking as an Anthropological Practice: Past/Present/Future

    • Virajita Singh
    Pages 127-139

  8. Mapping Design Thinking Resources Outside of Higher Education—An Exploratory Study

    • Lucy Kimbell, Mona Sloane
    Pages 141-164

  9. Scaffolding of Interaction Design Education Towards Ethical Design Thinking

    • Lian Loke, Ben Matthews
    Pages 165-181

  10. Design Thinking in the Business Studio

    • Stefan Meisiek, Lina Wad, Evelina Zubrickaite
    Pages 183-202

  11. The Development and Evolution of Program Prototypes in Design Thinking, Creative Development and Collaboration in Teacher Education: A Case Study

    • Robert Kelly, Stephanie Bartlett, Erin Quinn
    Pages 203-228

  12. Educating Engineers for Socially Responsible Solutions Through Design Thinking

    • Carmen Leicht-Scholten, Linda Steuer-Dankert
    Pages 229-246
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About this book

This book addresses the contributions of design thinking to higher education and explores the benefits and challenges of design thinking discourses and practices in interdisciplinary contexts. With a particular focus on Australia, the USA and UK, the book examines the value and drawbacks of employing design thinking in different disciplines and contexts, and also considers its future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia

    Gavin Melles

About the editor

Dr Gavin Melles is an Associate Professor of Sustainability and Social Innovation at Swinburne University’s Design School. He is a research affiliate at the Centre for Design Innovations, the Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, and the Collaborative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living. His research and teaching interests include design education, sustainability, social innovation and related issues. He has held numerous international fellowships, most recently at Edinburgh University.

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